Neil Versel, InformationWeek
“As U.S. healthcare providers install and build out electronic health records (EHR) systems, nurses are demanding leadership roles in IT projects. And hospitals across the country appear to be responding by creating the position of chief nursing information officer (CNIO).
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Chicago Tribune
“Advances in health care are not all in operating rooms or laboratories. Technological advances have rapidly changed the face of health care information and how it is used and disseminated.
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Thomas Piotrowski, H&HN Daily
“For more than 60 years, personal health records have been used to capture, store and aggregate information on individuals’ health, helping them make health care decisions and allowing them to actively manage their own health and health records. PHRs vary significantly, but some of the more typical products include information related to diagnosis, medication, immunizations, allergies, test results and other aspects of personal health.
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Joyce Sensmeier, HIMSS Blog
“This is a landmark week for HIMSS and the Nursing Informatics Community. HIMSS’ Board of Directors has recently approved its first HIMSS Position Statement focused on nursing practice.
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John Schrenker, HealthSystemCIO
“In February, HIMSS released its 2011 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey, and no one should be surprised that it shows nursing informatics is playing an increasingly important role in healthcare organizations.
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Hasvold PE et al, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2011
Purpose
This study presents a study of mobile information and communication technology (ICT) for healthcare professionals in a surgical ward. The purpose of the study was to create a participatory design process to investigate factors that affect the acceptance of mobile ICT in a surgical ward.
Methods
Observations, interviews, a participatory design process, and pilot testing of a prototype of a co-constructed application were used.
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Susan Newbold, Advance
“The need for informatics specialists is growing at a fast pace. Thanks to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HI-TECH, 2009) there is $19 billion available to promote the adoption of the electronic health record in the United States.
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Häyrinen K, Saranto K. MEDINFO 2010
The purpose of this study is to describe and discuss physicians’ and nurses’ documentation of the patient’s needs assessment in electronic health records (EHR) in the neurological care setting. Both physicians and nurses collect, record and interpret data during patient care episodes. Assessment of patient’s need for care and treatment is an important part of the care process. Planning, implementation and outcome assessment of the care process are based on needs assessment data. The data of this study consist of 48 neurological medical narratives and nursing care plans. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis.
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Ammenwerth E et al, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2010
Objectives
To assess the changes in the quality of information processing in nursing after the introduction of a computer-based nursing information system.
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Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg Hospital in Belgium has signed a deal with Agfa Healthcare to implement its Orbis care solution across all three of its sites.
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Carol Sorgen, The Washington Post
“When it comes to job growth in the coming years, the U.S. Department of Labor forecasts that the two fields projected to have the most jobs are technology and healthcare. In the developing area of biomedical and health informatics, you can get the best of both worlds.
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Mary Stevens, CMIO Magazine
“When it comes to clinical informatics, nurses bring a lot to the conversation. In the course of their daily work, they’re immersion users of technology, collectors of crucial data and firsthand observers of health IT’s effect on patients. They provide much of the information necessary to improve patient care, show regulatory compliance and propel research.
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IMIA News
“The latest edition (volume 4, no. 1 – September 2009) of HINow (or Health Informatics Now), the publication of the British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum (BCSHIF) is available to download from the BCS website.
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TIGER Informatics Competencies Collaborative
Nurses are expected to provide safe, competent, and compassionate care in an increasingly technical and digital environment. A major theme in this new healthcare environment is the use of information systems and technologies to improve the quality and safety of patient care. Nurses are directly engaged with information systems and technologies as the foundation for evidence-based practice, clinical-decision support tools, and the electronic health record (EHR).
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Joe Carlson, Modern Healthcare
“As a wave of reform legislation threatens to upend many certainties in healthcare, the industry’s largest single workforce—nursing—already finds itself at the cusp of significant change.
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